| Influences | The Beatles, The Searchers, The Dave Clark Five (who are seriously under-appreciated), The Rolling Stones, as well as their American counterparts The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Rush (uh-oh!), Devo, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Kraftwerk, Buggles, Frank Zappa, UFO, Pulp, Suede, Cast, The Stone Roses, Supergrass, The La's, Keane, The Feeling, Late of the Pier, The Lightning Seeds, Weezer, Oasis, David Bowie, The Who, Todd Rundgren/Utopia, XTC, Tears for Fears, Bill Nelson/Be Bop Deluxe...
A lot of fantastic producers and engineers: Roy Thomas Baker, Hugh Padgham, Eddie Offord, Tony Visconti, Brian Eno, Brian Wilson, George Martin, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Chris Thomas, John Leckie, Todd Rundgren, Tony Hoffer, Stephen Hague, Stephen Street, Gus Dudgeon (R.I.P.)...
A lot of fantastic albums, including:
The Who - Who's Next
Rush - Moving Pictures
David Bowie - Low
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
The Beach Boys - Love You
AC/DC - Highway To Hell, Back In Black
UFO - Lights Out, Obsession
Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)
Todd Rundgren - Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
XTC - Black Sea
Radiohead - The Bends
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King, Red, Thrak
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound on Sound
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